See also: 痧药

Chinese edit

cholera medicine; drug; cure
trad. (痧藥)
simp. (痧药)

Pronunciation edit


Noun edit

痧藥

  1. A vermilion pill used in traditional Chinese medicine "to dispel summer-heat, to counteract toxicity, to prevent the attack of evil factors and to promote the restoration of normal consciousness in the treatment of sudden attacks of restlessness and impairment of consciousness, abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea and trismus".

Shayao pills have the following ingredients:

Name Chinese (S) Grams
Flos Caryophylli 丁香 21
Rhizoma Atractylodis 苍术 110
Rhizoma Gastrodiae 天麻 126
Herba Ephedrae 麻黄 126
Radix et Rhizoma Rhei 大黄 210
Radix Glycyrrhizae 甘草 84
Borneolum Syntheticum 冰片 0.5
Moschus 麝香 10.5
Venenum Bufonis (processed) 蟾酥 (制) 63
Realgar 雄黄 126
Cinnabaris 硃砂 126

References edit

  • State Pharmacopoeia Commission of the PRC (2005). "Pharmacopoeia of The People’s Republic of China (Volume I)". Chemical Industry Press. →ISBN.